As the world is welcoming its 8 billionth inhabitant, 5.3 billion people – or 66 per cent of the total global population – are online, while 2.7 billion are still offline [1]. At the same time, three ...

The ITU-R Recommendations constitute a set of international technical standards developed by the Radiocommunication Sector (formerly CCIR) of the ITU. They are the result of studies undertaken by ...

ITU’s Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2024 offers a snapshot of the most important ICT indicators, including estimates for the current year. This year’s edition shows that Internet ...

Cellular network connection indication, support for increased resolutions and mixed raster, T.45 RLCE, T.88, V.21 duplex operation (Annex K) and extended negotiations protocol (Annex L) Superseded ...

Like most technology-driven industries, the telecommunications sector has historically been characterized by steady growth punctuated by an occasional leap forward, usually when a new communications ...

Former ITU-T Y.2221 renumbered as ITU-T Y.4105 on 2016-02-05 without further modification and without being republished. In force ...

A man whose visionary ideas anticipated the space age, Sir Arthur C. Clarke died on 19 March 2008 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, at the age of 90. ITU pays tribute to his work. Arthur Charles Clarke was born ...

This page features all ITU-D Publications released in 2023. For the latest publications, click here. Publications from previous years, can be found in the ITU-D publications ...

He has been very active in promoting the digitalization of the sound broadcasting and contributed to develop the first DAB standard. Within the ITU he was very well known, he has been Vice Chair of ...

One of the most important inventions of the twentieth century was broadcasting with analogue radio and television systems. The last few years, however, have seen the birth of digital broadcasting.

Cuando se habla de Charles Wheatstone se suele pensar en un circuito que lleva su nombre: el puente de Wheatstone y que, de hecho, no inventó. Lo que hizo en realidad fue difundir la utilización ...

Dans les pays en développement en particulier, la téléphonie mobile joue un rôle crucial pour mettre les services à la disposition d’une grande partie de la population. Néanmoins, il reste encore ...